Intonations : a social history of music and nation in Luanda, Angola, from 1945 to recent times / Marissa J. Moorman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moorman, Marissa Jean.

Series:

New African histories series.

New African histories series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Social aspects--Angola--Luanda (Luanda).

Music.

Music--Political aspects--Angola.

Nationalism in music.

Angola--History--Revolution, 1961-1975--Music and the revolution.

Angola.

Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Music and the war.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intonations tells the story of how Angola's urban residents in the late colonial period (roughly 1945-74) used music to talk back to their colonial oppressors and, more importantly, to define what it meant to be Angolan and what they hoped to gain from independence. A compilation of Angolan music is included in CD format. Marissa J. Moorman presents a social and cultural history of the relationship between Angolan culture and politics. She argues that it was in and through popular urban music, produced mainly in the musseques (urban shantytowns) of the capital city, Luanda, that Angolans for

Contents:

Musseques and urban culture

In the days of bota fogo: culture and the early nationalist struggle, 1947-61

Dueling bands and good girls: gender and music in Luanda's musseques,1961-75

Ngongo jami (my suffering): lyrics, daily life, and social space, 1956-74

Radios, turntables, and vinyl: technology and the imagined community, 1961-75

The hiatus: music, dissent, and nation building after independence, 1975-90s.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821443040

0821443046

OCLC:

680425707